Garment



A. KALB Feb. 24,` 1942.

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INVENToR ,4 /6945 GARMENT File@ June 17, 1941 Patentes Per. at, i942UNITED STATE s f PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in garments and more particularlyto a garment designed for protection against the elements in a mannerwhich affords a maximum of protection while presenting a.`neat andfinished external appearance.

A further object of my invention is to provide a garment of thecharacter described comprising a pair of trousers of relatively heavymaterial provided with any desired or convenient suspension means havingsecured interiorly thereof a pair of relatively light, flexible legcovering members, the lower portions of which are provided withreenforced contractible members closed by means of separable fastenerelements.

A further object of my invention is to provide a garment comprising apair of trousers of relatively heavy .material to provide a maximum ofprotection against the elements and having secured interiorly thereof apair of relatively light leg covering members freely secured thereto toprovide a maximum of flexibility and to facilitate the application ofthe garment, having novel means at the terminal ends of said legcovering members to positively secure the relatively light coveringmembers to the legs of the wearer.

embodying my invention shown partlyin section for the sake of clarity,Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevational view taken on lines 2`2 of Fig. lshowing one of the terminal ends of the leg covering members having acuff member secured thereto with the fastener elements thereof in openposition, and

Figl. 3 is a top plan view taken on lines 3-3 of Fig. f

In the drawing the garment of my invention is shown to comprise a pairof trousers I0 of relatively heavy material, the lower ends of the ltrousers being doubled upon themselves and reentrantly bent to providethe trouser ends II and an inner protective member comprising a bodyportion and a pair of leg covering members depending therefrom. Theupper edge of the trousers is folded over the upper edge of the bodymember I3 for the reception of an elastic member I4 to normally tend tocontract the marginal member I3 about the waist of the wearer on ap-`plication of the trousers. The garment is further provided with anydesired or convenient suspender and closure elements I5 and I6respectively. The trousers I0 are preferably made of relatively heavyinflexible material. 'I'he inner protective lmember is secured at itsupper marginal edge to the' interior of the trousers at I2 as set forthabove and the outer sides of the leg covering members are secured to theinterior of the adjacent portions I8 of the respective trouser legs tonormally hold the leg covering members andr their cuff members withinand above the lower ends of the trousers and to limit the movement ofthe leg covering members within the trousers. The trousers IG are ofcorrespondingfeatures and outline; a description of one will suffice forboth;l one is shown partly broken away in Fig. 1. The leg coveringmembers I1 are made of light, flexible material so that they will yieldfreely upon the insertion of the wearers leg therein, permitting thegarment to be applied in a rapid and convenient fashion and obviatingthe awkwardness inherent in garments of the structure heretofore incommon use. As will be noted from Fig. 1 of the drawing, the legcovering members are supported from the waistband of the trousers andthe outer side of each leg covering member is secured for substantiallythe major portion of its length to the interior of the adjacentportionof the respective trouser legs. The terminal ends I9 of the legcovering inembers are tapered and have marginally secured thereto theclosed peripheral edges 2| on contractible cuff members 22. The latterare provided withlongitudinal slits 23, whereby said vportionrof theinner protective member and is Y sewed or otherwise secured-thereto atI2 in a. manner to provide a tube like marginal waist contractiblemembers 22 normally"`assume an open position as in Fig. 2 so that thegarment may be donned in an extremely easy manner, the open ends of thecontractible membersenabling the thrusting of the leg through thegarment with a. minimum of effort. After the garment has been donned,the contractible members 22 may be closed by means of any suitableseparable fastener elements 24 along the slit 23 thereof. Thecontractible members 22 are preferably made of knitted or othercontractible material to provide neat and tight-fltting'lower ends forthe leg covering members. From the gforegoing it will be seen that thegarment will present the external appearance of a neat and smoothfitting garment while the wearers legs are snugly enveloped by the legcovering members which, being closed by the contractible members 22,provide a maximum of protection from the elements.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment comprising a pair of trousers, an inner protective membercomprising a pair of leg covering members having open lower ends, saidleg covering members being substantially coextensive with the legs ofthe said pair of trousers and supported from the waistband of thetrousers, contractible cui members secured to the open lower ends ofsaid leg covering members, said cuiT members being provided withlongitudinal slits to enable them to normally assume an open position tofacilitate donning the garment, means carried by the contractiblemembers to close said slits when the garment is Worn, the outer side ofeach leg covering member being secured for substantially the majorportion of its length to the interior of the adjacent portion of therespective trouser legs in position to normally hold the leg coveringmembers and their cuff members within and above the open lower ends ofthe trousers and to limit the movement of the leg covering memberswithin the trousers.

2. A garment comprising a pair of trousers, an

inner protective member comprising a body portion and a. pair of legcovering members having open lower ends, the upper edge ofthe trousersbeing folded over the upper edge of the body portion of the innerprotective member to define a tube-like marginal waist member adapted toreceive a member to contract the garment; about4 the wearer's waist,said leg covering members being substantially coextensive with the legsof the said pair of trousers and supported from the waistband of thetrousers, contractible cuEE members secured to the open lower ends ofsaid leg covering members, said cui members being provided withlongitudinal slits to enable them to normally assume an open position tofacilitate donning the garment, means carried by the contractiblemembers to close said slits when they

